Nobel Laureates 2008 and Many More

A nice compilation by Elsevier:

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/2008nobelprizes

Shoe-Icide Attack on Bush

Watch this funny commentary on Bush-whacking from CNN. I don't know if this link is a permalink or not.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/12/15/moos.shoe.him.away.cnn

MIT Grad Jobless and Gives Ad for Hire!

Innovative idea: see pics here:
http://www.nypost.com/photos/galleries/news/regionalnews/pp_20081211_persky/photo03.htm

News at:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112008/news/regionalnews/better_sign_of_times_143653.htm

Voting Machines : India vs. USA

Interesting stuff about how electronic voting goes, see for yourself which one is safer and better:

http://techaos.blogspot.com/2004/05/indian-evm-compared-with-diebold.html

In-built car speed limits for teens

Another innovation for good ..from Ford:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/28279/ford-mykey-keeps-teen-drivers-under-80-mph/